The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-11
PROSPERITY.

Prosperity is deluged and ':newo' l.
at premium.
Mrs. Caroline Boozer of Newberry ha:
been visiting in town for the last week
Mr.. A. N. Lester has been elected
town clerk rice F. L. Schumpert re
signed.
Mr.. KID. Lake and family have movet
into their new residence on Main street
we welcome them as neighbors and citi
zens.
Mrs. II. n. Crosson, of Long Lane
who has been sick for some time at Mr.
A. P. Dominick's, we are glad to say i:
convalescing.
Mrs. Jas. J. Mobley, Messrs. stanford
and Johnnie Bland of Johnston arr
spending several days with their sisters
Mrs. J. E. Schumpert and Miss Emm:
Bland.
The town council has sunk one cisterr
near the centre of the public square, ant
others will be sunk in time. The fire ar
rangements cannot be perfected too soon
a fire may occur at any time.
Pink Jones, the would-be rapist, was
captured last Thursday by E. K. Beden.
baugh on the plantation of DR.. John
Thompson, and safely lodged in Jail.
Now let the law have its proper course.
Messrs. D. C. Boland & Bro. have
their gin house framed and ''raised."
Messrs. Wheeler and Moseley are also
erecting one on the site Of the burned
one. This will give US four steam gins
inside the corporate limits of town.
These men certainly think the cotton
crop is not all drowned, and I guess they
are right.
Mr.. Fred L. Schumpert, of the firm OF
Schumpert & Bro, leaves to-day for
Marlin, Texas. We are indeed sorry to
lose our worthy young men, but when
our loss is their gain we should cheer
fully submit. We have long since been
satisfied that young men can make more
money by going West than they can by
remaining here. Marlin can boast OF
quite little colony of New berrians OF a
high standing of intelligence and moral
ity.
The faces of the farmers in the coun-
try do not beam so brightly rs they did
two weeks ago. The incessant rains
have thrown a dan pness over their coun-
tenances. That the cotton crop is ill.,
jurcd some, does not admit of a doubt,
but it is impossible for US to even ap-
proXimate percentage of damage at
this time. The farmers themselves diff
fer so widely in their estimates that a
conclusion cannot be safely reached.
Their opinions of the damage range
from ten to fifty per cent. In conse-
quence OF the continuous rains, rust has
made its appearance in some places.
Everywhere the weed has surplus
growth without the corresponding fruit.
In other places the lower hollis are rot
ting. The weather has now cleared
away beautifully, and should it continue
favorable to the plant during this month
there yet may be good crop. We still
hope for the test. Much destruction to
the young corn has occurred along the
banks of the Saluda and other low lands,
both by drowning and overflowing. In
some instances where the water was,
and is still! over the corn, it is entirely
ruined.
The c. & G.. Railroad Company have
given usan elegant passenger and freight
depot here, and for which we are thank
full, but as matters now stand, the indi-
cations are that we are not to have a
cotton platform. The company put the
material down for building the platform
but are now hauling it away. The plat
form was to have been built on the
ground, upon which stand three ware
houses belonging to citizens of this
place. When these warehouses were
erected, the parties building and the
company entered into written con-
tract, one OF the provisions of which
was, that the party or parties so build
ing, was to remove the house or houses
at the Instance of the company, when
said company so desired or requested.
The company requested or ordered the
warehouses moved away by July lst.
The parties owning the building asked
the company where to move them. The
company feels under no obligation to
respond, and We feel satisfied that they
will not name any place which to move
them, they not caring particularly where
they are moved. We suppose that the
company does not care a great deal
whether the platform is built or not, as
they have suficiency Of room on their
freight platform from which to load as
fast as cotton can be weighed, marked
and delivered there, but it will certainly
be great inconvenience to the public
at large, and especially to the buyer
and seller. We do hope the matter will
be satisfactorily arranged, and that the
platform will he built right speedily. We
will soon need it. YUBE.
Go to J. w. Chapman'S for School
Books. 3-16-tf.
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